LaVina Clara Carrier, 81, died August 2, 2008 at Great Bend Health & Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 30, 1927 at Susank, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Theresa Krier Hoffman. She married Herbert Carrier December 3, 1945 in Great Bend, Kansas. A lifetime area resident, Mrs. Carrier was a homemaker and had been a respiratory technician at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend. Mrs. Carrier was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose, the Altar Society and Daughters of Isabella all in Great Bend. She also enjoyed bowling, playing bridge and bingo and socializing at the Senior Center. Survivors include 2 sons: David Carrier and wife, Patti, Albert, Kansas, Thomas Carrier and wife, Sandy, Mustang, Oklahoma; two daughters: Vickie Brown and husband, Raymond, Great Bend, Kansas and Nancy Tiede and husband, Bruce, Parsons, Kansas; two sisters, Eleanor Hines, Ellinwood, Kansas and Patricia Dirks, Pawnee Rock, Kansas; Seven grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, ten step-great-grandchildren and one step-great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Connie Carrier; three brother-in-laws, Ernie Fuhr, Leo Hines and Homer Dirks; one sister, Lucille Fuhr. Altar Society Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m. Monday, August 4, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home. Vigil Service will be at 6:00 p.m. Monday, August 4, 2008 at the funeral home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Great Bend. Father Floyd McKinney will be celebrant. Burial will be at Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend. Friends may call from noon to 9:00 p.m., at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Prince of Peace Parish or Senior Citizen's Center in care of the funeral home.